【英语时差8,16】Children News

 Hi there I'm Ore with the BBC World News for Children. It's Tuesday the 25th of August. 

 

Coming up: 

 

More details come out about Michael Jackson's death

 

Dutch girl may be stopped from sailing solo around the world 

 

And Liverpool manager, Benitez, criticises Stephen Gerrard 

 

First up - an investigation¹ into Michael Jackson's death has found that he had lethal² levels of a powerful pain killer³ in his body when he died. Apparently⁴ he was given the drugs because he found it hard to sleep. They're usually used in hospitals to put people under anaesthetic when they have operations. The police are still trying to work out if anyone is to blame for Michael's death. His friend, Uri Geller, says he's not surprised by the finding..... 

 

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Now to Mexico where there's a big argument over what primary school pupils are learning in history class. Some people are angry because a new history textbook doesn't say anything about Spain taking over Mexico in the 1500's. Hundreds of thousands of native Mexicans were killed by the Spanish during this period. Some think the government left this out on purpose, but the government say the Spanish conquest is not ignored, it's just studied later at secondary school. 

 

Now to Kenya, in east Africa, where a big survey of the population is underway. Governments use censuses⁵ to figure out what problems the country is facing. They look at things such as education and life expectancy⁷. But one question in this survey is causing upset. It asks: What tribe are you from? This is a very sensitive issue in Kenya. Around a thousand people died in fighting between different tribes after the last presidential elections. Some people think politicians will use the census⁶ to find out where their tribal⁸ support is, and then make sure those people get the best services.... But feelings in Nairobi are mixed.... 

 

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Now to Greece where the worst of the wildfires are now said to be under control. Thousands of acres of land north of the capital, Athens, were destroyed in the blazes that have been raging for days. No-one was killed or seriously injured in the fires but thousands of residents were forced to flee their homes and it's feared the loss of woodland will have a bad effect on the city, which already suffers from air pollution.

 

Next up, a 13 year old Dutch girl who wants to sail around the world on her own, may be stopped by social services. Laura Dekker has been given permission by her parents to make the voyage but the Dutch authorities don't think she should - they want the state to take temporary custody⁹ of her so that her parents lose the right to make decisions about her.

 

Some footy now and in the English Premier¹⁰ League things aren't going well for Liverpool. They've now lost the same number of games in their first three matches as they lost in the whole of last season. Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez says Gerrard and the club's other senior players must improve to have any chance of lifting the title this season... 

 

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And today's question is all about Liverpool football club. We want to know the name of their home stadium? And now for the answer to yesterday's question. We asked who invented cheer-leading? And the answer is.... A man called Thomas Peebles introduced the idea of organized crowd cheering at football in 1898. 

 

OK, that's all from the World News for Children team. We'll be back with more top stories tomorrow.

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

3 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 censuses   

人口普查，统计( census的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Data derived from population censuses is useful for social researchers. 从人口普查中得到的数据对社会研究者们很有用处。
• UNFPA also helps countries compile reliable demographic data and carry out censuses. 人口基金还帮助各国汇编可靠的人口数据及开展人口普查。

6 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
• The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。

7 expectancy   

n.期望，预期，（根据概率统计求得）预期数额

参考例句：

• Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.日本人的平均寿命非常长。
• The atomosphere of tense expectancy sobered everyone.这种期望的紧张气氛使每个人变得严肃起来。

8 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

9 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

10 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。